Birds Double Crested Cormorants

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Double Crested Cormorants perched on a warning sign near a pier. I was on the pier.

Double-crested Cormorant Overview, All About Birds, Cornell Lab of Ornithology

The gangly Double-crested Cormorant is a prehistoric-looking, matte-black fishing bird with yellow-orange facial skin. Though they look like a combination of a goose and a loon, they are relatives of frigatebirds and boobies and are a common sight around fresh and salt water across North...

www.allaboutbirds.org

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 250

 

[Ralph]

Only recently I manage to get a shot a little like this and with the speckled feathered look on the female.
I like it.

 

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The light was just right, and I noticed, for the first time, the emerald/jade green of their eyes.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 2000

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/4000 sec
• ISO 2000

 

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When viewed at a distance, they're not much to look at, but in the right light, there's a lot to appreciate.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 320

 

[Ralph]

This looks like what we call here in Australia as the Little Black Cormorant.
So I will post a shot to show you how close they look.

• SLT-A77V
• 75-300mm F4.5-5.6
• 300.0 mm
• ƒ/8
• 1/100 sec
• ISO 100

 

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Hey Dude, like this.

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/6.3
• 1/500 sec
• ISO 1600

 

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Double Crested Cormorant dipping a wing

Read about Ground Effects and birds flying low over the water.

What is the ground effect for birds? - Birdful

The ground effect refers to the increased lift and reduced drag that an aircraft experiences when flying very close to the ground or water. It is an important

www.birdful.org

• ILCE-1
• Sony FE 200–600mm F5.6–6.3 G OSS (SEL200600G)
• 600.0 mm
• ƒ/7.1
• 1/800 sec
• ISO 2500